Study: Trump Coal and Nuclear Plan Would Boost Pollution Deaths

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Date

July 5, 2018

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

Axios

"Why it matters: The just-published study by researchers working with Resources For the Future represents an early attempt to quantify the effects of brewing, highly controversial plans to aggressively intervene in power markets on behalf of economically struggling coal and nuclear generators."

Topics

Electric Power

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